Guest Post: Multi-touch iBooks, by R.J. Madigan
Thank you to to the immensely talented Nicholas C. Rossis for hosting this guest post on The Sword of Air.
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis:
This is a guest post by R.J. Madigan. Rae has written The Sword of Air, a very well-written fantasy book, to judge by this excellent excerpt on Ali Isaac’s blog.
What’s more unusual, though, is that she published the book on iBooks as a Multi-Touch iBook.
This is a technique that crosses the boundaries between books and movies, to create a unique experience. As I had never heard of it, I asked her to give us a presentation. How’s The Sword of Air different from any other book?
Let’s hear Rae explain it all for us.
Multi-touch iBooks: Changing the way people consume stories
When I was a child I read my way through the 1,000 pages of the Lord of the Rings with only my imagination, one or two illustrations and Tolkien’s writing to make it real. Today kids want more. Pharrel Williams said it best, ‘Kids…
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